Stone Age amputee proves Neolithic medics more advanced than previously thought

Telegraph ^ | Monday, January 25, 2010 | By Heidi Blake

[Neidermeyer]

I thought you were referring to Doc McCoys instruments in Star Trek ,, they were futuristic salt shakers that were rejected for dining scenes because nobody would recognize them as salt shakers,, they were recycled as surgical instruments.

[Eepsy]

I never cease to be amazed when people are surprised at the fact that ancient men were just like them, wanting to save their elders and minimise pain- as if common decency was invented no more than a hundred years ago.

Talk about hubris....

[freedumb2003]

I thought you were referring to Doc McCoys instruments in Star Trek ,, they were futuristic salt shakers that were rejected for dining scenes because nobody would recognize them as salt shakers,, they were recycled as surgical instruments.

I was -- those were pictures of them. The latter picture was trying to extend the joke... :)?

[freedumb2003]

An elderly warrior?

Clearly, not a Klingon.

[ottbmare]

Bet that was fun. < /s> (shaking head in horrified contemplation of that scene)

[camle]

“An elderly warrior?
Clearly, not a Klingon. “

maybe Qagaars? Do they look like rotted chickens?

[colorado tanker]

Pain-killing plants such as the hallucinogenic Datura are likely to have been used in the operation, and the wound was probably cleaned using antiseptic herbs like sage, the scientists said...

I'm thinking more along the lines of an alcoholic beverage. Like beer, the miracle drug.